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4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (649+ words) British multinational energy major Shell, fresh from concluding a deal to sell its downstream business in South Africa to Emirati investors for R16bn, is facing unprecedented pushback in its upstream business in Africa’s largest economy. The Constitutional Court on Friday dealt…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (650+ words) A political thought does not always begin with a speech, a parliamentary debate or a commission of inquiry. Sometimes it begins with something as ordinary as a song. I was listening to one recently, turning its lyrics over in my…...

11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (998+ words) OTTAWA — South Africa’s envoy to Ottawa says Canada’s decision to remove most of its peacekeepers from the continent doesn’t align with the Carney government’s pledge to get middle powers working together. “I am saddened by the fact that the budget…...

13+ hour, 11+ min ago   (227+ words) Op­er­a­tion Eclipse, car­ried out in May, in­volved 14 CARI­COM mem­ber states, sev­en as­so­ciate mem­bers and in­ter­na­tion­al part­ners in­clud­ing the US, Cana­da, Colom…...

19+ min ago   (848+ words) One name has become the toast of Cameroon following her heroics at the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon). Some in the Central African nation are already calling for a statue to built in honour of Michaely Bihina after her…...

27+ min ago   (691+ words) Mark Corrigan in action for Macroom. Picture: Eddie O'Hare Macroom 1-13 (1-3-7) Aghada 0-8 (0-1-6) Macroom are back in business after a thoroughly deserved victory over Aghada in this Premier Intermediate Football Championship game played at Ovens. This was a huge game for both…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (294+ words) The Mexican striker came off the bench against Blackburn and delivered in dramatic fashion deep into stoppage time. Raúl Jiménez enjoyed a dream return for Wolverhampton, scoring the equalizer against Blackburn Rovers in the EFL Championship. The Mexican striker struck…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (564+ words) Image: Leon Lestrade / Independent Newspapers Across the world, the right has increasingly made xenophobia one of its central mobilising strategies. Migrants are blamed for unemployment, pressure on public services, crime, social breakdown and the failures of government. In many countries,…...

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21+ min ago   (80+ words) BRAKPAN – Family, friends and mourners have gathered in Brakpan to bid farewell to the slain Constable Siphiwe Sibeko. Sibeko was one of the two Anti-Gang Unit members who killed in Reiger Park earlier this month. The officer was ambushed together…...